Fwd: Proposal: Let's drop i386

[Bas G. Roufs in English (gmail.com)]

Hello Valorie and Everybody.

> .... discontinuing the i386 images. .....
> .... Kubuntu to stop issuing i386 images.

About two - three weeks ago, I have downloaded via K Torrent two ISO images 
from Kubuntu 18.04 LTS: amd64 and i386. The i386 computer, an Asus Eee PC I 
have been lending the first weeks after loosing my previous Lenovo X220, was a 
useful "hardware backup" - however, terribly slow. That's why, I am happy to 
have again another X220 - a 64 bits PC with 8 GB internal memory and an i5 
processor.  It works really well with Kubuntu 18.04 LTS - the speed is 
perfectly acceptable.

>From this X220, K Torrent has been "seeding"/uploading both ISO's - the i386 
one as well as the amd64 version.  

>From the i386 version, only 21,53 MiB has been seeded/ uploaded - a tiny bit 
more than 1% share ratio related to 1.77 GiB - the total size of the i386 ISO, 
which has been "seeding"  during 16.5 hours. There are long hours in which 
that version is not' seeding"/uploading at all.

>From the amd64 version, there is an ISO of 1.74 GiB. During about 50 hours (2 
days) , 1.91 GiB has been uploaded - this delivers a share ratio of 110%. This 
amd64 version is constantly "seeding".

Taking into account my experience as summarised here above, I can imagine the 
decision to discontinue the i386 ISO's. However, it could be good to clearly 
mention that decision at the Kubuntu.org website and elsewhere.

Yours.

Bas G. Roufs. 

 


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